Private Dancer (Centenary Edition)

is an English photographer, initially specialized in music photography between 1979 and 2000. His work came to prominence in the 1980s when he worked with artists and bands such as Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, The Cult and Tina Turner. The two-day photo session for Tina’s Private Dancer album took place in March 1984 at Bagley’s Warehouse in London, using a Hasselblad with a 150mm lens. The well-known cover picture with the cat from the European cover is only one of many shots from this session.

is a British photographer who began his career as a front line photographer in Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Africa and the Vietnam War. After 1976 he changed his direction and become a photographer of fashion and glamour models, as well as stars of the music industry for newspapers and magazines. He worked with all the big names in show business, among others with The Beatles, The Who, Rolling Stones, Madonna, David Bowie and Tina Turner. Aris also photographed nearly everybody from the Royal family, including Queen Elizabeth.

Brian photographed the American cover picture for Tina’s Private Dancer album in contrast to the European version, which was shoot by Peter Ashworth. For the compilation Queen of Rock 'N’ Roll, they used a picture for the cover from a later photo session (approximately 1986).